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Artists

Samuel Boden (tenor)
Thomas Walker (tenor)
Arcangelo

About

An album of music for the connoisseur – of extraordinary singing as much as of the English Baroque. This wonderful recital ranges widely across Blow’s vocal and instrumental music, Arcangelo again demonstrating their versatility in repertoire which will be a real discovery for many.

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 1. Overture

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 2. Begin The Song!

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 3. Bring Gentlest Thoughts

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 4. Hark How The Waken'd Strings

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 5. By Harmony's Entrancing Pow'r

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 6. How Dull Were Life

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 7. Without The Sweets Of Melody

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 8. Music's The Cordial

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Blow: Begin The Song! - 9. Come Then, With Tuneful Breath

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Blow: Chaconne In G

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Blow: An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell - 1. Mark How The Lark & Linnet Sing

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Blow: An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell - 2. But In The Close Of Night

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Blow: An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell - 3. So Ceas'd The Rival Crew

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Blow: An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell - 4. We Beg Not Hell

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Blow: An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell - 5. The Pow'r Of Harmony

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Blow: An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell - 6. The Heav'nly Quire

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Blow: An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell - 7. Ye Brethren Of The Lyre

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Blow: Ground In G Minor

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Blow: The Nymphs Of The Wells - 1. The Nymphs

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Blow: The Nymphs Of The Wells - 2. But Here Comes A Druid

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Blow: The Nymphs Of The Wells - 3. Blest Be This Morn

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Blow: The Nymphs Of The Wells - 4. We Nymphs

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Blow: Sonata In A - 1. Largo

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Blow: Sonata In A - 2. Andante

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Blow: Sonata In A - 3. Allegro

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Blow: Dread Sir, The Prince Of Light - 1. Symphony

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Blow: Dread Sir, The Prince Of Light - 2. Dread Sir

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Blow: Dread Sir, The Prince Of Light - 3. Let No Disloyal Cares

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Blow: Dread Sir, The Prince Of Light - 4. This Message We Bring

Reviews

For many, getting to know these pieces will be persuasion enough, but the performances complete the seduction with their expert playing and singing, vigorous but tastefully realised sense of style and – despite being mostly one-to-a-part – firmly shaped contours and effective illustrative touches, such as the strumming theorbo for the Purcell Ode’s ‘jarring spheres’. Lindsay Kemp